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 Article Index » cobra: 10 Most Recent Articles Report Link Temporary COBRA Subsidy Extension Signed into Law - More to Come?Jackson Lewis LLP - March 17, 2010 The Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (“TEA 2010") was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 2, 2010. TEA 2010 further extends by a month the COBRA premium subsidy program originally provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("ARRA”), and extended by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (“DOD Act”) through February 28, 2010. Report Link Senate Approves COBRA Subsidies and Unemployment Benefits Extensions through 2010.Jackson Lewis LLP - March 15, 2010 By a 62-36 vote, the U.S. Senate has approved a tax extender package (H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act of 2009) that contains an extension of tens of billions of dollars in tax breaks and other provisions aimed at creating jobs. The bill also provides extensions through December 31, 2010, of health insurance subsidies for unemployed workers under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) and emergency unemployment insurance benefits. Report Link COBRA Subsidy Extended and Modified.Ogletree Deakins - March 11, 2010 Newly-enacted legislation extends and expands the 65 percent federal COBRA subsidy under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in cases of involuntary termination of employment. A stopgap measure signed into law on March 2 by President Barack Obama extends the end of the eligibility period from February 28 to March 31, 2010, and makes other longer-lasting changes to the year-old subsidy arrangement. These changes include: Report Link COBRA Subsidy Extended and Expanded.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - March 09, 2010 On March 2, 2010, President Obama signed into law further amendments to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) subsidy provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). These amendments not only expand the time that the subsidy is available, but also contain an extension of the subsidy to certain individuals whose reduced hours prior to their involuntary termination may have previously rendered them ineligible for the subsidy. Report Link COBRA Subsidy Extended Again.Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt - March 08, 2010 Once again President Obama signed into law another extension to the COBRA subsidy originally created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ("ARRA"). This new legislation, the Temporary Extension Act ("the Act") of 2010, extends the COBRA subsidy to those involuntarily terminated through March 31, 2010. Report Link COBRA Subsidy Extended.Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP - March 08, 2010 On March 2, 2010, President Obama signed the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Act) that once again extended the eligibility period during which an involuntarily terminated individual could qualify for the COBRA subsidy originally created through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The period during which you could qualify for the subsidy was originally set to expire on December 31, 2009, but was extended by the Defense Appropriations Act of 2010 until February 28, 2010. This period has again been extended by the Act to March 31, 2010. Report Link COBRA Subsidy Extended Again (pdf).Jones Walker - March 05, 2010 On March 2, 2010, the President signed the Temporary Extension Act of 2010, which, among other things, extends the
65% COBRA premium subsidy through March 31, 2010. The subsidy was originally provided through December 31,
2009, under the 2009 stimulus act (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act or “ARRA”), and was previously
extended through February 28, 2010, via the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act. (For information regarding
the original COBRA subsidy and the previous extension, please see our previous E*Bulletins from January 2010, March
2009, and February 2009).
Report Link Cobra Subsidy Extended Through March 31, 2010.Fisher & Phillips, LLP - March 04, 2010 On March 2, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (H.R. 4691), which amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Among other things, the Act extends eligibility for the 65%, 15-month COBRA premium subsidy to individuals who have been involuntarily terminated through March 31, 2010. Without the extension, employees laid off after February 28th would have been ineligible for the subsidy. The law is retroactive, so individuals who were involuntarily terminated on March 1st and 2nd are eligible for the subsidy. Report Link COBRA Subsidy Extended Until March 31, 2010.Ford & Harrison LLP - March 04, 2010 On March 2, 2010, President Obama signed legislation that, among other things, extends the eligibility period for the COBRA subsidy provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for an additional 30 days. The Temporary Extension Act of 2010, H.R. 4691, extends the eligibility date for the COBRA subsidy from February 28, 2010 to March 31, 2010. The ARRA permits "assistance eligible individuals" to receive a 65% subsidy of the COBRA premiums they would be required to pay for any group health plan in which they participated at the time of their termination. Report Link Stopgap Extension of COBRA Subsidies - Further Extension Likely.Vedder Price - March 04, 2010 On March 2, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (H.R. 4691),
which includes a stopgap extension from March 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010 of eligibility for the
COBRA subsidies that were originally part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(“ARRA”).1 The legislation also clarifies Congress’ intent that an employee who loses coverage as a
result of a reduction in hours and later incurs an involuntary termination of employment is eligible to elect
subsidized COBRA coverage.
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